People call the president a “conservative”, but this is only true in the culture war sense; the rest is about blindly trampling the status quo, both dysfunctional things like neglected immigration enforcement, and vital principles like a limited executive and free speech. This is a good listen on the history of the Insurrection Act, and of how unprecedented and anti-self-governance it would be to invoke it for trivial law enforcement duties as is being proposed, and over the objections of the governors.
Category: authoritarianism
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Proposed Amendment: No Absolute Immunity; Admissibility of Evidence
I’m concerned about the implications of the recent Trump v. United States decision, as well as the earlier Nixon v. Fitzgerald. See Wikipedia for an overview.
It’s my view that “absolute immunity” is a concept that has no place in a republic. Given that, I thought I’d try my hand at a possible “fix” and put it up for discussion. What would be the pros and cons of this approach?
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Section 1. Officers and elected officials of the United States have no absolute immunity from prosecution.
Section 2. The communications of officers and elected officials of the United States shall be presumed admissible as evidence in court.
